Lusk Creek is a creek located in southeastern
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
. It is a tributary of the
Ohio River, which it joins at
Golconda.
Lusk Creek flows through the Lusk Creek Canyon, which is perhaps the wildest place in Illinois. Only a single bridge crosses the creek. The watershed is almost entirely within the
Shawnee National Forest
The Shawnee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the Ozark and Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois, United States. Administered by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, it consists of approximately 280,000 acres (1,100 km²) ...
, and includes the Lusk Creek Wilderness Area. The entire watershed is within
Pope County. The creek is about in length.
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed May 13, 2011
The creek is named for Maj. James Lusk and the Lusk family that operated
Lusk's Ferry near where the creek enters the Ohio River.
See also
*
List of Illinois rivers
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois:
By drainage basin
Gulf of Mexico
*Mississippi River
** Ohio River
*** Lusk Creek
*** Saline River
***Wabash River
**** Little Wabash River
***** Skillet Fork
***** Elm River
***** Fox River
...
References
External links
USGS Real Time Stream Flow, Lusk CreekUS Forest Service Lusk Creek Wilderness AreaPrairie Rivers NetworkTopoQuest map of Lusk Creek
Rivers of Illinois
Tributaries of the Ohio River
Rivers of Pope County, Illinois
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